New report reveals ladies sleeping their way into better grades, jobs

By GeorgeGeorge Okore:

The sex for grades scandal in Kenyan institutions of higher learning has always been whispered in low tunes. It was thought the vice was only limited to places of work. Furthermore, job scarcity is worsening gender inequalities in sub-Saharan Africa, locking more women out of formal government and private sector appointments, a new World Bank survey shows.

The newly released Performance Assessment report reveal female students are being forced to sleep with their lecturers or pay in order to pass. Worse still, male lecturers are in love triangle with their male students, who they consider as competitors.The report shows that women in employment is at under 40 per cent in Kenya, behind countries like Burkina Faso, Burundi, the Gambia, Ghana, Guinea and Sierra Leone where women engagement is over 80 per cent.

Experts said the widening gender gap at the workplace in Kenya put policy makers in a dilemma as it threatens to shutter economic gains made over the past few years as women are locked out of income generating activities.The revelation comes after Kenya hosted the Fourth International Conference on Peer Education, Sexuality, HIV and Aids recently and at a time when the country is making significant progress in providing healthcare for all.

The meeting was attended by Peer Educators, trainers , Health Workers, NGOs and Facilitators will be held under the theme: HIV Prevention : Covering New Grounds is organized by national Organization of Peer Educators (NOPE). The meeting noted that HIV and sexuality is fast spreading among young Kenyan girls who are lured by peer pressure, poverty and manipulation.

According to Medical Services Minister Peter Anyang’ Nyongo, the government is examining policies and legalizations at the country and international levels that have impacts on or implication for HIV prevention. The Kenyan government has allowed health workers to seek greener pastures abroad due to lacks funds to recruit.